Research Article

A Time-Series Water Level Forecasting Model Based on Imputation and Variable Selection Method

Table 6

The results of compare forecasting models under percentage spilt (dataset partition into 66% training data and 34% testing data) after variable selection.

MethodsIndexRBF NetworkKstarRandom ForestIBKRandom Tree

After variable selectionDelete the rows with missing dataCC0.0330.6380.7290.2510.545
MAE0.1820.1210.1110.1990.135
RMSE0.2290.1760.1560.2870.212
RAE0.9920.6570.6021.0830.736
RRSE1.0070.7750.6881.2620.935
Series meanCC0.1070.6610.7390.2420.551
MAE0.1720.1070.1010.1790.129
RMSE0.2210.1670.1510.2680.205
RAE0.9880.6150.5791.0270.740
RRSE0.9950.7530.6781.2080.923
LinearCC0.1050.6660.7350.2580.596
MAE0.1730.1060.1000.1750.120
RMSE0.2210.1660.1510.2660.196
RAE0.9870.6060.5721.0020.683
RRSE0.9950.7480.6811.1980.883
Median of nearby pointsCC0.1060.6660.7400.2640.553
MAE0.1730.1070.1000.1770.127
RMSE0.2210.1660.1510.2660.207
RAE0.9870.6110.5711.0130.723
RRSE0.9950.7470.6771.1950.932
Mean of nearby pointsCC0.10590.6670.7450.2490.540
MAE0.1730.1070.0990.1790.129
RMSE0.2210.1660.1490.2680.214
RAE0.9870.6110.5651.0250.735
RRSE0.9950.7470.6721.2070.962
RegressionCC0.1070.6630.7390.2420.559
MAE0.1720.1060.1010.1790.126
RMSE0.2210.1670.1510.2680.200
RAE0.9870.6100.5811.0270.723
RRSE0.9940.7520.6781.2070.900

denotes after variable selection with enhancing performance; denotes the best performance among 5 models after variable selection.